Speaking into Silences: Autoethnography, Communication, and Applied Research

Authors

Lisa M. Tillmann Ph.D., Rollins CollegeFollow

Author ORCID Identifier

0000-0001-7291-5056

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2009

Abstract

In 2004, two articles in the Journal of Applied Communication Research (Ashcraft & Tretheway, 2004; Goodall, 2004) celebrated the merits of auto- and narrative ethnography, methods of research grounded in lived experience and evocative modes of representation that seek to engage readers emotionally, aesthetically, ethically, and politically. Despite these and other persuasive calls for auto- and narrative ethnographic works, few have been published in communication journals. More than four years ago, JACR offered readers arguments for this kind of scholarship, yet no full-length autoethnography appeared in its pages—until now. This article, a prelude to its companion essay, “Body and Bulimia Revisited,” speaks into that silence.

Published In

Tillmann, L. M. (2009). Speaking into silences: Autoethnography, communication, and applied research. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 37(1), 94-97.

Publication Title

Journal of Applied Communication Research

ISSN

0090-9882

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00909880802592649